# 1909–10 IAAUS men's basketball season

The 1909–10 IAAUS men's basketball season began in December 1909, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1910.

## Rule changes

* Continuous dribbling became legal; previously, a player could bounce the ball only once at a time, the bounce had to be higher than his head, and he had to recover the ball himself, in effect passing the ball to himself.
* The double dribble became illegal; previously, a player could make as many single-bounce dribbles as he wanted as long as he recovered the ball after each bounce (as if passing to himself each time).
* A player who dribbled the ball was allowed to shoot off the dribble for the first time; previously, a dribbler was not allowed to shoot the ball immediately after dribbling and had to pass it to someone else to shoot it.

## Season headlines

* The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS) renamed itself the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) after the end of the season.
* The new rules allowing continuous dribbling rule and permitting a dribbler to shoot the ball off a dribble converted dribbling from a defensive tactic into a powerful offensive one.
* In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Columbia as its national champion for the 1909–10 season.
* In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Williams as its national champion for the 1909–10 season.

## Conference membership changes

| School | Former Conference | New Conference |
| Denver Pioneers | Independent | No major basketball program |
| Harvard Crimson | Independent | No major basketball program |

## Regular season
### Conferences
#### Conference winners

| Conference | Regular Season Winner | Conference Player of the Year | Conference Tournament | Tournament Venue (City) | Tournament Winner |
| Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Iowa State (North); Kansas (South) | None selected | No Tournament; Kansas was conference champion | No Tournament; Kansas was conference champion | No Tournament; Kansas was conference champion |
| Western Conference | Chicago | None selected | No Tournament | No Tournament | No Tournament |

#### Conference standings

1909–10 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings :
| 1909–10 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT North Division Nebraska6–2 .7506–10  .375 Iowa State6–2 .7509–7  .563 Drake0–8 .0000–12  .000 South Division Kansas†7–1 .87518–1  .947 Washington University4–4 .5007–5  .583 Missouri1–7 .1257–11  .389 † Conference championship winner | 1909–10 Western Conference men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Chicago9–3 .75010–3  .769 Minnesota7–3 .70010–3  .769 Wisconsin7–5 .5839–5  .643 Illinois5–4 .5565–4  .556 Purdue5–5 .5008–5  .615 Iowa2–2 .50011–3  .786 Indiana3–7 .3005–8  .385 Northwestern0–9 .0000–9  .000 |

### Independents

A total of 115 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, Columbia (11–0), Virginia Tech (11–0), and Williams (11–0) were undefeated, and Southern California (21–3) finished with the most wins.
1909–10 IAAUS men's basketball independents standings :
* 1909–10 IAAUS men's basketball independents standings
* vteConfOverall
* TeamW L PCTW L PCT
* Columbia– –11–0
* 1.000
* Oklahoma– –8–0
* 1.000
* Virginia Tech– –11–0
* 1.000
* Wake Forest– –1–0
* 1.000
* Washburn– –4–0
* 1.000
* Whittier– –8–0
* 1.000
* Williams– –11–0
* 1.000
* Army– –14–1
* .933
* Southwestern (Kan.)– –13–1
* .929
* Grinnell– –12–1
* .923
* Cotner– –11–1
* .917
* Ohio State– –11–1
* .917
* Navy– –10–1
* .909
* Rochester (N.Y.)– –17–2
* .895
* Fordham– –16–2
* .889
* Canisius– –15–2
* .882
* Southern California– –21–3
* .875
* Central University (Ky.)– –20–3
* .870
* Utah– –17–3
* .850
* North Dakota Agricultural– –11–2
* .846
* Brigham Young– –9–2
* .818
* Niagara– –13–3
* .813
* Washington State– –12–3
* .800
* Kansas State– –11–3
* .786
* Oberlin– –10–3
* .769
* Vanderbilt– –10–3
* .769
* New York University– –13–4
* .765
* Lehigh– –6–2
* .750
* LSU– –3–1
* .750
* Seton Hall– –6–2
* .750
* St. John's (N.Y.)– –15–5
* .750
* Swarthmore– –9–3
* .750
* Virginia– –12–4
* .750
* Allegheny– –8–3
* .727
* Notre Dame– –10–4
* .714
* Marietta– –7–3
* .700
* Washington– –14–6
* .700
* Georgia– –2–1
* .667
* Michigan State– –10–5
* .667
* Montana State– –6–3
* .667
* Rhode Island State– –6–3
* .667
* Wisconsin–Stevens Point– –2–1
* .667
* Auburn– –11–6
* .647
* Colgate– –9–5
* .643
* Wesleyan (Conn.)– –9–5
* .643
* Wooster– –7–4
* .636
* Akron– –5–3
* .625
* St. Joseph's– –5–3
* .625
* Baylor– –8–5
* .615
* Illinois State– –8–5
* .615
* Cincinnati– –3–2
* .600
* CCNY– –6–4
* .600
* Dartmouth– –6–4
* .600
* Maine– –6–4
* .600
* Miami (Ohio)– –6–4
* .600
* Bloomsburg– –7–5
* .583
* Bucknell– –7–5
* .583
* Colorado– –7–5
* .583
* Grove City– –7–5
* .583
* Wabash– –7–5
* .583
* Millikin– –4–3
* .571
* Penn State– –8–6
* .571
* Oregon Agricultural– –7–3
* .700
* SUNY-Potsdam– –11–9
* .550
* Cornell– –7–6
* .538
* Princeton– –7–6
* .538
* Pennsylvania– –11–10
* .524
* Arizona– –2–2
* .500
* Delaware– –6–6
* .500
* Trinity (N.C.)– –4–4
* .500
* Kalamazoo– –2–2
* .500
* Oklahoma A&M– –3–3
* .500
* Butler– –3–4
* .429
* Saint Mary's (Calif.)– –1–1
* .500
* Washington and Lee– –6–6
* .500
* Wyoming– –3–3
* .500
* Idaho– –8–9
* .471
* Tennessee– –7–8
* .467
* Bradley– –6–7
* .462
* Denison– –6–7
* .462
* Texas– –6–7
* .462
* Dayton– –5–6
* .455
* Gettysburg– –5–6
* .455
* Mount Union– –8–10
* .444
* Tulane– –3–4
* .429
* Georgetown– –5–7
* .417
* Davidson– –2–3
* .400
* Detroit– –2–3
* .400
* New Mexico– –2–3
* .400
* North Dakota– –4–6
* .400
* Temple– –4–6
* .400
* New Mexico A&M– –3–5
* .375
* Brown– –5–9
* .357
* Colorado Agricultural– –1–2
* .333
* Franklin– –3–6
* .333
* Kentucky– –4–8
* .333
* Lake Forest– –3–6
* .333
* Manhattan– –7–15
* .318
* Springfield (Mass.)– –3–7
* .300
* Union (N.Y.)– –3–7
* .300
* Utah State– –3–7
* .300
* Nebraska Wesleyan– –4–10
* .286
* Ohio– –8–11
* .421
* Trinity (Conn.)– –4–10
* .286
* VMI– –2–5
* .286
* Yale– –4–11
* .267
* William & Mary– –8–11
* .421
* Fairmount– –3–10
* .231
* Syracuse– –3–11
* .214
* Carleton– –1–4
* .200
* Indiana State– –2–9
* .182
* Oregon– –1–5
* .167
* Ole Miss– –0–7
* .000
* Santa Clara– –0–5
* .000
* South Carolina– –0–1
* .000
* Rankings from AP Poll

### Statistical leaders
## Awards
### Helms College Basketball All-Americans

The practice of selecting a Consensus All-American Team did not begin until the 1928–29 season. The Helms Athletic Foundation later retroactively selected a list of All-Americans for the 1909–10 season.
| Player | Team |
| William Broadhead | NYU |
| Leon Campbell | Colgate |
| Dave Charters | Purdue |
| William Copthorne | Army |
| Charles Eberle | Swarthmore |
| Samuel Harman | Rochester |
| Ted Kiendl | Columbia |
| Ernest Lambert | Oklahoma |
| W. Vaughn Lewis | Williams |
| Harlan "Pat" Page | Chicago |

### Major player of the year awards

* Helms Player of the Year: Harlan "Pat" Page, Chicago (retroactive selection in 1944)